EDUCATION, THE STATE AND ISLAM IN KAZAKHSTAN
3/31 (Thurs), 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Fine Arts Library, Study Room 1
Presented by Nazgul Mingisheva, senior lecturer, Department of Political Science and
General Educational Disciplines, Karaganda Bolashak University, Kazakhstan
This presentation considers the educational system in present-day Kazakhstan with an
emphasis on its transition to credit-based education and current governmental
reforms and strategies for future development. As a backdrop to institutional
reform, educational institutions in Kazakhstan face two controversial tendencies:
westernization of educational standards and the growth of Islam among the young.
This presentation will address the following questions: 1) How might cultural and
religious factors influence contemporary educational and social development in
Kazakhstan? 2) What are the reasons for Islam's popularity among the youth of
present-day Kazakhstan? 3) What are the perspectives for the spread of Islam in
Kazakhstan and Central Asia and will a secular policy be needed to build the
educational sector in the future?
